In downtown Nashville, US 31A ends, while US 41A continues and begins a brief concurrency with US 31, US 41, US 431, and SR 6 on Eighth Avenue. US 41A leaves the concurrency off James Robertson Parkway near the Nashville Farmer's Market, but then begins a concurrency with unsigned SR 12. US 41A/SR 12 follows Rosa L. Parks Boulevard through the Exit 85 interchange of I-65. After crossing the Cumberland River via the Hydes Ferry Bridge, SR 12 leaves the concurrency in the Bordeaux neighborhood.[4] US 41A's continuation after that marks the eastern terminus of SR 112 as US 41A continues north, and then west-northwest into Cheatham and Robertson Counties, following the boundary between the two counties, and crossing it four times, intersecting SR 49 at Pleasant View before the third and fourth times.[5]
Clarksville area
After crossing the Robertson-Cheatham County line for the final time, US 41A then enters Montgomery County and the city of Clarksville. After the first junction with US 41A Bypass and SR 76, it expands into four lanes. It goes right through the downtown core before crossing the Red River. SR 12, once again as a hidden route, rejoins US 41A at the US 41A Bypass/US 79/SR 76 junction. US 79/SR 76 leaves the concurrency, while US 41A/SR 12 continues northward, following the eastern boundary of the Fort Campbell Military Reservation to the Kentucky state line, where the Clarksville city limits border that of Oak Grove. The state line also marks SR 12's northern/western terminus[6][7]
Prior to 1930, from Nashville to Hopkinsville, the current US 41A corridor from Nashville to Hopkinsville was originally signed as US 41, while the current US 41 was signed as US 241.[12]
In 1930, US 41 became US 41W, and US 241 (the current US 41 main alignment) was renumbered, and signed as US 41E. US 41W between Nashville and Clarksville followed the alignment of SR 12 until it was reallocated onto SR 112 some time between 1935 and 1938.[13][14]
In 1943, the western route became US 41 Alternate, while the main alignment of US 41 was reallocated to the east route.[15][16] From the decommissioning of US 41W, the route has been signed as US 41A.[17]
U.S. Route 41A Bypass (US 41A Byp.) is a bypass of the city of Clarksville, Tennessee, on its south side. [citation needed] It first splits off from the US 41A mainline at 2nd Street and Kraft, following Riverside Drive south, running concurrently with SR 13 and SR 12, along the Cumberland River to an intersection with SR 48 (College Street). It becomes concurrent with SR 48 and they travel south and leave town to an intersection with Cumberland Drive, where SR 13 and SR 48 split off to continue southward. The bypass then curves to the east, still following the river, and enters some neighborhoods and comes to an intersection with Ashland City Road, where SR 12 splits off and goes toward Ashland City. US 41A Byp. then continues east and comes to an end at an intersection with US 41A (Madison Street) and SR 76 (M.L.K. Jr. Bypass Parkway). Most of the road is a two-lane highway, occasionally widening to three lanes to accommodate truck traffic on hills. [citation needed]
State Route 112 (SR 112) is the hidden, secret designation for U.S. Route 41A from the US 41A Bypass/US 79/SR 12/SR 13/SR 76 junction in Clarksville to the SR 12 junction in the Bordeaux neighborhood of Nashville.
^Tennessee Department of Transportation (2018). Tennessee's Official Transportation Map (Map). Nashville: Tennessee Department of Transportation. § D8–E9.
^Tennessee Department of Transportation (2018). Tennessee's Official Transportation Map (Map). Nashville: Tennessee Department of Transportation. § B8–D8.
^Tennessee Department of Transportation (2017). Tennessee's Official Transportation Map (Map). Nashville: Tennessee Department of Transportation. Nashville inset.
^Tennessee Department of Transportation (2017). Tennessee's Official Transportation Map (Map). Nashville: Tennessee Department of Transportation. § B7–B8.
^Tennessee Department of Transportation (2017). Tennessee's Official Transportation Map (Map). Nashville: Tennessee Department of Transportation. § A6–B8.
^Clason Map Company (1927). "Kentucky" (Map). Best Roads of Kentucky. Chicago: Clason Map Company.
^Gulf Refining Company (1935). "Road map of Kentucky and Tennessee" (Map). Official Road Map, Kentucky and Tennessee. 1:1,330,560. Chicago: Rand McNally & Company.
^Tennessee Department of Highways and Public Works (1938). Tennessee Highways (Map). Nashville: Tennessee Department of Highways and Public Works.
^Kentucky Department of State Highways (September 15, 1939). Road Map of Kentucky(PDF) (Map). c. 1:760,320. Frankfort: Kentucky Department of State Highways.
^United States Geological Survey (1956). "Forest Grove, Tennessee" (Map). Forest Grove, Tennessee (1956 ed.). 1:24,000. Reston, Virginia: United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
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